Carhenge

Nebraska's off-kilter Stonehenge tribute

In each installment of “On Tour,” The Usonian takes a look at a cool place in a different corner of the world. This week, we visit an American twist on an ancient ruin in Nebraska.

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ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA—In the middle of the Great Plains, amidst the dense thicket of cornfields, stands a curious monument. Thirty-nine derelict cars stand upright in the Earth. They’re all spray-painted gray—and precisely arranged to mimic the exact positions of the stones of the ancient British monument, Stonehenge.

That’s right, in the words of the monument’s website, this is Carhenge: “Nebraska’s Answers to Stonehenge.” Carhenge isn’t the only car-based roadside art installation in the U.S. (Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, is another well-known favorite), but it is the only one literally inspired from Stonehenge.